1916 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

1916 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

All-Ireland Champions
Winning team	Wexford (3rd win)
Captain	Seán O'Kennedy
All-Ireland Finalists
Losing team	Mayo
Captain	D. F. Courell
Provincial Champions
Munster	Cork
Leinster	Wexford
Ulster	Monaghan
Connacht	Mayo
Championship statistics
← 1915 1917 →

The 1916 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 30th staging of Ireland's premier Gaelic football knock-out competition. Wexford won the second title of their four-in-a-row. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Results

Connacht

Connacht Senior Football Championship

13 August 1916
Quarter-Final

Leitrim	2–2 – 0–3	Sligo

Boyle

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27 August 1916
Semi-Final

Leitrim	0–2 – 1–2	Roscommon

Elphin

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3 September 1916
Semi-Final

Mayo	2–6 – 2–2	Galway

Athlone

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1 October 1916
Final

Mayo	1–5 – 0–3	Roscommon

Castlerea

Attendance: 4,000

Leinster

Leinster Senior Football Championship

23 July 1916

Preliminary Round

Meath	1–2 – 0–4	Laois

Croke Park, Dublin

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1916

Quarter-Final

Kilkenny	2–2 – 0–5	Westmeath

Croke Park, Dublin

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23 July 1916

Quarter-Final

Kildare	3–3 – 1–4	Louth

Croke Park, Dublin

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3 September 1916

Quarter-Final

Wexford	Wexford win in a walkover	Dublin

Wexford Park, Wexford

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10 September 1916

Semi-Final

Kildare	1–6 – 1–3	Kilkenny

Barrett's Park, New Ross

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24 September 1916

Semi-Final

Wexford	6–5 – 1–2	Meath

Croke Park, Dublin

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15 October 1916

Final

Wexford	1–7 – 1–0	Kildare

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Patrick Dunphy (Laois)

Munster

Munster Senior Football Championship

9 July 1916
Quarter-Final

Kerry	2–2 – 0–1	Tipperary

Cork Athletic Grounds

Referee: T. Irwin (Cork)

Kerry withdrew from the Munster Championship after this victory. ^[4]

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30 July 1916
Semi-Final

Cork	4–3 – 2–4	Waterford

Cork Athletic Grounds

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30 July 1916
Semi-Final

Clare	3–1 – 0–0	Limerick

Listowel ^[5]

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3 September 1916
Final

Cork	2–2 – 1–4	Clare

Clonmel ^[6]

Ulster

Ulster Senior Football Championship

18 June 1916
Quarter-Final

Antrim	W – L	Armagh

Camlough

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25 June 1916
Quarter-Final

Cavan	2–3 – 0–1	Fermanagh

Wattlebridge

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7 July 1916
Quarter-Final

Monaghan	2–5 – 0–1	Derry

Clones

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20 August 1916
Semi-Final

Monaghan	4–3 – 1–5	Cavan

Belturbet

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27 August 1916
Semi-Final

Antrim	1–3 – 1–0	Down

Portaferry

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24 September 1916
Final

Monaghan	2–3 – 0–2	Antrim

Clones

Semi-finals

22 October 1916
Semi-Final

Wexford	0–9 – 1–1	Monaghan

Carrickmacross

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22 October 1916
Semi-Final

Mayo	1–2 – 0–2	Cork

Athlone

Cork made an objection and a replay was ordered.

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19 November 1916
Semi-Final Replay

Mayo	1–2 – 1–1	Cork

Croke Park, Dublin

Final

Main article: 1916 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

17 December 1916
Final

Wexford	3–4 – 1–2	Mayo

Croke Park, Dublin

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Pat Dunphy (Laois)

Statistics

Miscellaneous

• Mayo play in a first All-Ireland final, but lose to Wexford.

References

1. "Football Results 1911 – 1940 | the Official Website of the GAA". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
2. "All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Results 1887-2010". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
3. "Leinster Senior Football Champions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
4. "1916". Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
5. "Munster Championship", Meath Chronicle, 5 August 1916, p. 1
6. Cork's Lucky Double, Irish Independent, 4 September 1916, p. 5